A steady stream of work since Beach Rats last year included a major role in Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s Man plus an appearance in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir: Part II, this year saw him land a BAFTA Rising Star nomination, and now it sees him preparing for his first Cannes visit, thanks to his lead performance in one of the festival’s most anticipated films, Triangle of Sadness from returning Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund.Īnd it’s a career that could have made an unlikely military detour. Maybe that’s the wrong way to look at things, but I feel that’s how I got through that period, because it was a lot at once.”Īlmost five years on and “a lot” is an apt description of Dickinson’s career.
“My way of looking at life has always been just to try and keep it level. 'Under the Fig Trees' ('Sous les figues'): Film Review | Cannes 2022Īlthough Dickinson knew inside that something pretty special had happened, he also knew that it could be all over soon, so he wanted to take everything in stride.
